Tom Brokaw

NBC Nightly News anchorman Tom Brokaw injured his right leg skiing during the weekend in Vail, Colo. Brokaw suffered a contusion and a leg strain Sunday, said an official at Vail Valley Medical Center.

Now for something completely different Sunday morning: Stephen Colbert will bring his comical outlook to NBC 's "Meet the Press. " The program starts at 9 a.m. on WESH-Channel 2. The star of Comedy Central 's "Colbert Report" will get to promote his new book, "America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't. " The "Meet the Press" panel will be Gov. Bob McDonnell , R-Va.; Mayor Kasim Reed , D-Atlanta; former Gov Jennifer Granholm , D-Mich.; GOP strategist Alex Castellanos; and NBC's Tom Brokaw . Also Sunday morning: CNN's "State of the Union" will feature Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz , D-Fla., who is chair of the Democratic National Committee; and Al Cardenas, former chairman of the Florida Republican Party and chairman of the American Conservative Union.

CBS Nightly News With Dan Rather was nearly dethroned as the No. 1 news program in the land just one week before it would have celebrated 200 straight weeks on top, Nielsen ratings showed Tuesday.NBC Nightly News With Tom Brokaw came within one-tenth of a rating point of tying CBS, the ratings leader for 199 weeks in a row.Rather's show remained tops for the week with a 13.3 rating and a 23 share, while Brokaw and company were second with a 13.2 rating and a 23 share. ABC's World News Tonight was third with a 12.7 rating and a 22 share.

Former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw , 72, is in Charlotte, NC this week covering the Democratic National Convention for NBC. On the set of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Thursday (Sept. 6), Brokaw complained of light-headedness and was taken to a local hospital. NBC has released a statement, "On the set of 'Morning Joe' this morning, Tom Brokaw felt light-headed. Out of an abundance of caution, he was taken to a hospital. He is being evaluated and is in good spirits. " There is no word yet as to when Brokaw will be released, but it does not sound so far like it is anything serious.

Former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw , 72, is in Charlotte, NC this week covering the Democratic National Convention for NBC. On the set of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Thursday (Sept. 6), Brokaw complained of light-headedness and was taken to a local hospital. NBC has released a statement, "On the set of 'Morning Joe' this morning, Tom Brokaw felt light-headed. Out of an abundance of caution, he was taken to a hospital. He is being evaluated and is in good spirits. " There is no word yet as to when Brokaw will be released, but it does not sound so far like it is anything serious.

Veteran NBC newsman Tom Brokaw has been discharged from a North Carolina hospital where he was taken after feeling "lightheaded" during a segment of MSNBC's "Morning Joe. " "After medical evaluation and a round of tests, Tom was pronounced in good health and has been discharged," said a statement from NBC News President Steve Capus. "We're immensely grateful to the team at Carolinas Medical Center for their excellent care and professionalism. " Capus said Brokaw, who is covering the Democratic National Convention , was on the set of "Morning Joe" when he felt lightheaded" and was taken to the hospital "out of an abundance of caution.

By Rene Lynch and This story has been updated. See note below for details., September 6, 2012

[Updated at 1:19 p.m.: Tom Brokaw , the veteran NBC News correspondent, has been discharged from a Charlotte , N.C., hospital where he was taken earlier Thursday after he reported feeling lightheaded. Brokaw, 72, said he'd mistakenly taken an Ambien on the same morning he was making an appearance on MSNBC 's "Morning Joe. " NBC News President Steve Capus released a statement updating the public on Brokaw's condition. "After medical evaluation and a round of tests, Tom was pronounced in great health and has been discharged," the statement said.

Now for something completely different Sunday morning: Stephen Colbert will bring his comical outlook to NBC 's "Meet the Press. " The program starts at 9 a.m. on WESH-Channel 2. The star of Comedy Central 's "Colbert Report" will get to promote his new book, "America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't. " The "Meet the Press" panel will be Gov. Bob McDonnell , R-Va.; Mayor Kasim Reed , D-Atlanta; former Gov Jennifer Granholm , D-Mich.; GOP strategist Alex Castellanos; and NBC's Tom Brokaw . Also Sunday morning: CNN's "State of the Union" will feature Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz , D-Fla., who is chair of the Democratic National Committee; and Al Cardenas, former chairman of the Florida Republican Party and chairman of the American Conservative Union.

Tom Brokaw understands why the American news media has pounced on the O.J. Simpson saga, given that it involves a murder, a well-known celebrity, a beautiful woman, a handsome young man, a Hollywood backdrop - ''and a television camera at every stop along the way.''Yet the journalist who has anchored the NBC Nightly News (6:30 weekdays on WESH-Channel 2) since 1983 is troubled that the people who deliver information to America are content to let the country ''live by O.J. alone.''''If we lose sight of the fact that there is other news out there needing to be covered besides the O.J.'s and the Susan Smiths and the Heidi Fleisses, we do so at our peril,'' Brokaw said.

Tom Brokaw said no to CNN. How about Dan Rather? The struggling cable news network, rebuffed this summer in its pursuit of NBC's Brokaw, now reportedly has its sights set on veteran CBS anchorman Rather. CNN's offer of more than $7 million a year to Rather would more than double his salary, TV Guide said, quoting an anonymous source that said Rather was ''intrigued'' by the idea. ''If Dan Rather were to become available, CNN would be very interested,'' CNN spokesman Steve Haworth said Friday, declining to comment about whether an offer has been made.

Veteran NBC newsman Tom Brokaw has been discharged from a North Carolina hospital where he was taken after feeling "lightheaded" during a segment of MSNBC's "Morning Joe. " "After medical evaluation and a round of tests, Tom was pronounced in good health and has been discharged," said a statement from NBC News President Steve Capus. "We're immensely grateful to the team at Carolinas Medical Center for their excellent care and professionalism. " Capus said Brokaw, who is covering the Democratic National Convention , was on the set of "Morning Joe" when he felt lightheaded" and was taken to the hospital "out of an abundance of caution.

By Rene Lynch and This story has been updated. See note below for details., September 6, 2012

[Updated at 1:19 p.m.: Tom Brokaw , the veteran NBC News correspondent, has been discharged from a Charlotte , N.C., hospital where he was taken earlier Thursday after he reported feeling lightheaded. Brokaw, 72, said he'd mistakenly taken an Ambien on the same morning he was making an appearance on MSNBC 's "Morning Joe. " NBC News President Steve Capus released a statement updating the public on Brokaw's condition. "After medical evaluation and a round of tests, Tom was pronounced in great health and has been discharged," the statement said.

The highlights tonight: 1. " Dancing With the Stars " names its winner in a finale that starts at 9 on ABC and sprawls two hours. How to fill that time? Kelly Clarkson and Gladys Knight will sing. All the competitors will return. The show will have the three celebrity finalists -- Donald Driver, Katherine Jenkins and William Levy -- and their partners perform a final dance. Who wins? I think Levy has the edge, but the freestyle could give the mirrorball trophy to the hard-charging Driver.

You know who I blame for the terrible tone in American politics? Tom Brokaw. No, not the man himself, but what he represents. Since Dan Rather famously beclowned himself, Brokaw stands as the last of the respected "voice of God" news anchors (CBS News executive Don Hewitt's phrase). These were the oracles who simply declared what was news and what wasn't. Walter Cronkite, the prize of the breed, used to end his newscasts, "And that's the way it is" -- as if he were speaking not just with journalistic but also epistemological and ontological authority.

Television will provide a wide range of options for the Democratic National Convention (Monday through Thursday from Denver) and the Republican National Convention (Sept. 1-4 from St. Paul, Minn.). Television critic Hal Boedeker spotlights major news organizations: ABC The times: An hour a night, starting at 10. The talent: Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos are the anchor team. Special features: This Week, Good Morning America, World News and Nightline will originate from the convention cities.

Tom, Dan and Peter are the last of a dying breed. Tom says so.''Given the trends in broadcasting, it's unlikely the next rotation of network anchors, however it plays out, will be three white, middle-aged men going solo,'' says Tom Brokaw, 55, NBC Nightly News anchor since 1983. ''It's hard for me to imagine what form it will take.''Chances are that one of the networks will go to some kind of combination, with the evolution coming from local ranks. Odds are good for a woman, but more successful than CBS' Dan (Rather)

A police officer tells of attending as many as five funerals in a day. A mother shakes her head ruefully at the memory of false alarms -- four in one day -- that her son had survived when he hadn't. A teacher explains how her sixth-grade students watched, from a classroom window, as the second plane hit the World Trade Center. Tonight's Dateline NBC thoughtfully examines the impact of the terrorist attacks by focusing on seven people in Jersey City, N.J., across the Hudson River from ground zero.

Former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw takes over as moderator on NBC's Meet the Press today, replacing the late Tim Russert, at least through the November elections. The program, which airs at 9 a.m., will come from Jackson Hole, Wyo., where the Western Governors' Association is having its annual meeting. Guests include Arnold Schwarzenegger. Wolf Blitzer, who hosts his own Sunday-morning show (at 11 on CNN) predicts Brokaw could stay far beyond the elections. "I'm not convinced that Tom Brokaw is just a temporary thing," Blitzer told me Friday.

George Carlin's fans know what I'm talking about. It's part of a routine he did in the '70s, about the possibility of getting notice that you're about to die, a voice inside your head that goes, "Two minutes. Get your [bleep] together." His spirit's probably lurking beneath my car, chewing off the timing belt for censoring him like that, but hey, this ain't HBO. Carlin cheated death so often it was worth making that the subject of a 2000 interview, after several health scares: "Put these words on George Carlin's tombstone: 'Too hip for the room.